ISU (trade union)
British trade union
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The ISU is a British trade union representing some of the operational staff in the borders, customs and immigration functions of the Home Office.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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| Formation | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade union |
| Location | |
| Members |  3,976 (2024)[1] |
General Secretary | Mark Gribbin |
| Website | theisu.co.uk |
Formerly called | Immigration Services Union |
The union was founded in 1981 as the Immigration Service Union. It was a split from the Society of Civil and Public Servants (SCPS),[9] founded in protest at the SCPS calling for the repeal of the Immigration Act 1971.[10]
The ISU is politically independent and not a member of the Trades Union Congress. PCS, the SCPS's successor, sees ISU as a yellow union, as some senior managers encouraged its splitting off, although its independence has been certified by the Certification Officer.[11][12]
Membership of the union reached 4,263 in 2006,[12] but, in common with all Civil Service unions, fell after the ending of payroll wage check-off (subscriptions automatically deducted where workers have ticked to confirm they wish to be in any recognised union to their employer) in 2015.[13] It declined to 3,018 in that year.[14] In 2020, membership stood at 3,043.[15] By 2022, ISU membership stood at 3,803.[16]
The ISU does not generally take industrial action.[17] In 2012, ISU members followed other public sector unions in agreeing to strike against changes to civil service pensions.[18]
General Secretaries
- 1981: P. J. Taylor
- 1997: Martin Slade
- 2003: Peter Stowe
- 2010: Paul Duckhouse
- 2013: Lucy Moreton
- 2019: Mark Gribbin
